Opal Tometi

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Bio

Opal Tometi is the Executive Director of the Black Alliance for Just Immigration (BAJI) an organization that educates and advocates for immigrant rights and racial justice with African-Americans, Afro-Latinos, African and Caribbean immigrant communities. Opal resides in New York City, where she also supports sBAJI’s flagship program the Black Immigration Network (BIN), a nationwide network of Black-led organizations, programs and individuals uniting for racial justice and migrant rights.

As a 1st generation Nigerian-American who was born and raised in Arizona, Opal has been active in the migrant rights movement for over 10 years. Most recently, Opal played an instrumental part in strategic communications and cross-cultural grassroots organizing against SB 1070 and other anti-migrant and-People of Color policies with the Puente Movement, the Alto Arizona campaign and with other migrant justice groups in Arizona. Opal was the 2012 recipient of the ‘Unsung Hero for Justice’ Award by the African American Legislative and Leadership Conference of Arizona. She is an advocate to end violence against women, a writer and a media maker. Opal holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in History and a Masters of Arts degree in Communication and Advocacy.

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